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napper

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English

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Etymology

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From nap +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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napper (plural nappers)

  1. A person who takes a nap.
  2. (slang) The head.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:head
    • 1911, Charles Collins, Fred E. Terry, E.A. Sheppard (lyrics and music), “Any Old Iron”:
      You look so dapper from your napper to your feet.
    • 1917, Arthur Guy Empey, “Lewis Gun”, in Over the Top, G. P. Putnam's, page 297:
      Under fire when this magazine is emptied you shout for “ammo” but perhaps No. 2, the ammo carrier, is lying in the rear with a bullet through his napper.
    • 2011, Jeremy Roberts, Let's Not And Say We Did, page 96:
      As he walked back to his flat after meekly apologising, he wondered why a severe pain in his napper could affect the lead in his pencil.
  3. (obsolete) A machine used to raise the nap on cloth.
  4. (obsolete) A sheepstealer.
    Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:rustler

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French

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Etymology

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From nappe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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napper

  1. (cooking) to cover (to cover something with sauce)

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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napper

  1. present of nappe